Ran 2k till the wheels fell off. And was finally seduced by the eye candy not available on 2k or earlier.MS will continue to support XP w\SP3 until 2014 I believe.Vista has been pretty much compared to ME. windows-9x 8Contributors 12Replies 14Views 12 YearsDiscussion Span 7 Years Ago Last Post by caperjack 0 DMR 152 12 Years Ago You can certainly do it, but the recommended (and least painful) Other benefits of registering an account are subscribing to topics and forums, creating a blog, and having no ads shown anywhere on the site. http://upxpress.net/windows-98/winxp-win98-networking.php

including a comprehensive FAQ, installing XP from DOS and how to dual boot with formatting. Back to top #13 P.C.Guy P.C.Guy Members 20 posts OFFLINE Local time:04:09 AM Posted 13 December 2010 - 05:43 PM Windows XP is built on NT technology and is just I need Windows98 because some of my old software won't run on XP. Back to top #6 ZT-repairseek ZT-repairseek Members 174 posts OFFLINE Local time:05:09 AM Posted 09 December 2010 - 09:17 AM 98SE was a rather decent piece of work, once you https://www.petri.com/install_windows_98_after_windows_xp

posted 6 May 2015 - Reply - Permanent Link Unregistered Wow, this is one of the most vague "tutorials" I have ever seen. show toc Windows XP Professional Product Documentation > Performance and maintenanceInstalling more than one operating system on your computer You can install more than one operating system on your computer and This lack of security makes Windows 98 obsolete in todays ever changing IT Environment and homes with many family members. In many ways it was the best thing that Microsoft ever made It was stable as a rock, simple, small, quick and never crashed (well almost never).

Windows 98 is much better than Windows XP in various ways ... How To Install Windows 98 Over Windows Xp I think what Keith said is exactly right. a pity MS has long since stopped supporting anything earlier than (yuck!) vista. I didn't attempt this as it required 6 floppy disks, installing from the CD (or hard drive) is better.

Win98toXp 28,599 views 2:15 Upgrading Windows 98 to Windows ME - Duration: 4:34. If you are installing the different versions on different drives, 98 again goes on the first (Primary Master) drive, and XP on the second drive. Run Nero. When tryin the install Win98 the SU0113 error is shown.

You'll see some files being copied, then you'll be presented with a choice of installing or repairing an existing installation.

On a capable machine, XP is also far less prone to crashes and as cryptodan pointed out is far more secure.

Win7 is what Vista was supposed to be.

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How To Install Windows 98 Over Windows Xp

This guide outlines the extra steps. For a multitude of reasons. Dual Boot Windows 98 And Xp Step By Step Sign in 7 Loading... Windows 98 Se Im getting old and dont like change much anymore In the beginning there was the command line.

They are identical at the roots but only the layout and visual styles are different My Blog: New PC Tips Back to top #14 Eyesee Eyesee Bleepin Teck Shop BC Advisor have a peek at these guys But don't know how to proceed. If the file copying process is not done u have to again boot from winxp cd and follow the above. Videos Sans Frontier 7,576 views 31:54 Chain of Fools : Upgrading through every version of windows (HQ) - Duration: 9:50. Windows Me

Ask a question and give support. Likewise, Windows 95 and Windows 98 cannot recognize an NTFS partition and will identify it as unknown. You must have a second hard disk or partition formatted for FAT16/32 in order to be able to install Windows 98/Me. check over here Run dual operating systems?

This on a compaq desk top modle sn 2020. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/russel_02february18.mspx 0 dlh6213 27 12 Years Ago Hi, Can I install Windows 98 on an XP machine? snip] recommendations are that win98 be install before winxp ,oldest first so no older drivers replace newer driver,had you read the 2nd post you would have seen that Edited 7 Years

I also made my Memory Checker app which checks available memory and system resources, which I uploaded here a couple of years ago.

Ask a question and give support. Either way you do it, when you install XP it should detect your existing installation of 98 and automatically set up the dual-boot menu for you. 0 caperjack 875 12 Years you will need to format the c drive to fat 32 posted 1 Sep 2007 - Reply - Permanent Link dd Unregistered I have D partition formatted as FAT32. Then install 98 to that 4 gig.

You will now get the XP Boot loader with your choice of operating system. Choose your language. Very useful if you messed up the Windows 98 installation and need to reinstall Windows 98 without messing up XP. this content Computer will no longer go to sleep with Windows 10 Last Post 5 Days Ago When I quit for the day on my PC I always used "sleep" instead of shutdown.

You'll need to get the partitions set up before installing XP, so if you know how to do it by FDISK then do it that way. No 53084890B). Basically Win7 = Vista with SP XX."change for the sake of change".It was not change for the sake of change. Is this a good/bad idea?

I bought 2 256kb and added 1 of the original 128kb so I had a total of 639kb which Windows recognised. Unbold have been added ... I'm one of those picky grouches who doesn't like "change for the sake of change". You will now get the XP Boot loader with your choice of operating system.

posted 1 Jun 2012 - show 2 replies - Reply - Permanent Link Unregistered so you are using a guide dog to navigate and your not blind or you are blind Do so. Is this a good/bad idea? Windows 311,019 views 8:46 1999 Compaq Presario 5304 running Windows 98 - Duration: 6:48.

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